Anders gustaf bjorkman



(No Model.)

A. G. BJORKMAN.

SPICE CABINET.

No. 577,346. Patented Feb. 16, 1897.

ANDERS GUSTAF BJORKMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLIAM N. ANDREASON, OF SAME PLACE.

SPICE-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,346, dated February 16, 1897. Application filed October 8, 1896. Serial No. 608,206. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERS GUSTAF BJoRK- MAN, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spice-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a small and compact cabinet having a number of compartments or pockets adapted to contain condiments and spices used in culinary work.

It consists of a shallow case arranged to be hung upon the wall, having horizontal pockets set one above another with an interval or space between and two doors, one hung at each side of the cabinet, each having on its inner face narrower projecting pockets arranged one above the other vertically and lying, when the door is closed, in the intervals between the case-pockets. WVhen open, all the pockets are exposed and their contents conveniently presented.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show the invention as I have carried it out.

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the cabinet with one door open and the other closed. Fig- 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section showing in strong lines the condition when the doors are closed and in dotted lines the position assumed when the doors are open.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The body of the case is in the form of a shallow box rectangular in outline, of tinned sheet-iron or other thin but strong and light material, consisting of the back A, top A, bottom A and side walls A and A A horizontal partition or shelf A of the same size as the bottom A reaches across at about the mid-height and divides the case into two compartments. A front A", extending upward from the bottom A about half-way to the shelf A and a similar front A on the latter, extending half-way therefrom to the top A, form with the walls and back the two casepockets B B, separated from each other and from the top by intervals or spaces about equal to the depth of the pockets.

C and D are the doors, hinged to the front edges of the side walls A and A at the points a a. The door 0 is narrower than the door D, the latter overlapping upon the edge of the former when closed to make a joint and exclude dust from the interior of the case. Each door carries two pockets E E, consisting of open-topped boxes, soldered or otherwise secured in place, projecting from the inner face a distance something less than the horizontal depth of the case and having a height to match. to the intervals or spaces between the pockets B B and between the latter and the top A. These door-pockets are uniform in size, the width conforming to the width of the narrow door O, and all are arranged to fit snugly into the corners of the case. If all are properly proportioned, sufficient space will remain between the pocket on one door and its neighbor on the other to allow the wider door D to swing clear in opening and closing without interference with the door C or the pockets E E thereon.

A projection D serves as a knob or pull by which the door D may be opened.

A A are-eyes adapted to receive nails or screws for sustaining the cabinet upon the wall of the apartment.

The material employed is preferably tinned sheet-iron ornamented with a coating of paint or Japan varnish, and each pocket may bear the name of the spice it is intended to contain, as Pepper, Cloves, Cinnamon, &c. All the names are in plain view when both doors are open, and the whole forms a very handy and complete spice-cabinet which will be highly appreciated by housewives and others.

Modifications may be made in the size and proportions. There may be more than the two case-pockets shown and a corresponding increase in the number of door-pockets, or the case-pockets may be divided transversely by a central partition, thus providing receptacles for a greater number of articles.

Although I have described the cabinet as adapted to receive spices, it will be understood that it may be used for other articles, as, for instance, carpenters nails or screws of differing sizes.

Other material, as thin wood, may be employed in whole or in part in the construction, and any suitable lock or other fastening means may be supplied.

1 claim 1. As an improved article of manufacture a sheet-metal cabinet consisting of the rectangular case having sides, top, bottom and back, the latter being provided at its upper end with the eyes A and front integral with the bottom and extending upward from the bottom a short distance, a horizontal partition with integral front extending upward therefrom a short distance, doors hinged to the front edges of the sides each door having pockets upon the inner wall and fitting the spaces between the upper ends of the said fronts and the next adjacent horizontal portions of the case, one of said doors having a portion overlapping the adjacent edge of the other door and bridging the space between the pockets of the two doors, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The sheet-metal case comprising the back A, bottom A top A, sides A and A and shelf A at the mid-height and the fronts A on said bottom and shelf forming the case pockets B, 13 extending the full width of the case, in combination with the wide door D having extended portion D to overlap the narrow door and narrow door G hinged to said case sides, the projecting door-pockets E, E on the interior face of each of said doors less than half the width of the case, matching to the unoccupied spaces in the case between the said pockets and between the pocket B and said top, when the doors are closed, mounted with a space between each pocket and its neighbor on the same level to allow said wider door to be opened and closed without interference, all substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERS GUSTAF BJORKMAN. lVitnesses:

M. J. McOARTY,

H. A. J OHNSTONE. 

